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'Dual-role' platforms, power of data are tech-policy challenges, Vestager tells US lawmakers

By Lewis Crofts ( July 30, 2020, 10:24 GMT | Insight) -- The growing power of tech platforms that act as both “player and referee” or accumulate “big data sets” are challenges for antitrust authorities and need to be met with a mixture of regulation and enforcement, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager has told US lawmakers. New legislation could stop digital “gatekeepers” abusing their dual role, preferring their own services in search results, and exploiting data sets, she said in a written statement.The growing power of tech platforms that act as both “player and referee” or accumulate “big data sets” are challenges for antitrust authorities and need to be met with a mixture of regulation and enforcement, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager has told US lawmakers....

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